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trying to compare yourself to entropy is a fool's errand.

??? VMO is a big muscle.

I hate rowing on such a low resistance setting. Feels really awkward. Haha

i watched a video earlier this year -- on deadspin, maybe? -- of a couple of US olympic rowers showing a normal person how to do it, and IIRC they said they use the lower settings, 3-4, most of the time.

can you not work with them remotely, if the work is mostly coding?

bay area is tight but cost of living is truly insane there. feel you on wanting a change of scenery, though (obviously, given a few of my recent posts).

just came up with a great idea: weighted vest "pistol" squats. i'd have to look around for a 100+ pound weighted vest though, cause i can really crank them out bodyweight, and i go ATG too.

also, when i do "pistol" squats i always stand on something like a chair or box when i do them to get the flexiblity thing out the way. i guess they're more like single leg ATG squats then instead of pistol. i also get that on the internet, and even in real life, people will always point out that a true pistol squat is done on the ground, and i'm always wondering why people choose to do that. is it an ego thing just to show off how flexible you are? cause if not, why put in the flexibility factor when you're just trying to use it as a unilateral exercise to strengthen your legs?

right on. you can also use a dumbbell or kettlebell instead of a vest. doing them on a chair or box is fine. personally i do proper pistols, on the floor, but always with my heel raised up about an inch on something: a 25-lb plate, my squatting shoes, whatever. being able to do them flat-footed would be cool but just because, not for any real reason. if it's more comfortable to do them on a box, then do them on a box and internet dick-measuring be damned.

^^^^ no straps. Started using chalk recently and it has helped a lot. I have the grip strength of a school girl.

Farmer's walks would murder me. make me stronger.

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or like high rep shrugs or kroc rows, if you don't want to or don't have space to do the walking part. even hanging from the bar for time.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: mid back, right anterior ankle, right toe
MENTAL STATE: distracted

- warm up

- MB OH toss x 5,5

- SL SVJ x 5,5/leg

- squat MEBM 185 x 25

- superset
-- pull up x 1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1
-- dip x 1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1

- shrug 70s x 15

- stretch

decent workout. feel kind of beat up, though.

also, the chick wanted to watch the debate so we rescheduled for tomorrow, lol.

place looks tight, what are you gonna do down there?

i was talking with my work wife last week again about starting our own consulting business. probably 4+ years out from being able to make a run at that (i've got my two years in pakistan coming up and then if the consulting thing is looking appealing i'd want to do a master's first to get some training in stats and econometrics -- probably princeton because it's free). it would open me up so much in terms of where to live. i'm envious of people whose jobs aren't geographically tethered. in my industry you're either in a poor country or you're in one of a few really expensive cities: geneva, london, NYC, DC. there are a few exceptions, but emphasis on "few."

that is, unless you set up shop for yourself. then you just need to be close-ish to an international airport and you can live wherever. it'd be fun to live in santa barbara, or istanbul, or barcelona, or savannah, or minneapolis.

sorry for the tangent, just something that's been on my mind.